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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86015	The Quakers shaken, or, A discovery of the errours of that sect by John Gilpin, of the town of Kendale in Westmoreland, who was once one of the said sect, and afterwards by Gods grace left the same ; attested by the major and pastour of Kendale, and diverse others.	Gilpin, John, 17th cent.	1655 (1655)	Wing G772; ESTC R42542	12,297	17

THE QUAKERS SHAKEN OR A DISCOVERY Of the ERROURS of that Sect BY JOHN GILPIN Of the Town of Kendale in Westmoreland who was once one of the said Sect and afterwards by Gods grace left the same Attested by the Major and Pastour of Kendale and diverse others Printed at London and re-printed in Edinburgh Anno 1654 THE QUAKERS SHAKEN THe mind of man destitute of Gods Grace doth like untilled ground luxuriate into wickednesse and vanity being very prone to close with the suggestions of the grand adversary of his soul yea though he hath had some taste of the things that are excellent yet such is his courtesie that he will be seeking after novelties Old truths like the Manna to the Israelites after a constant and continued falling of it become nauseous the truth hereof hath been found in all ages by lamentable experience but especially in these our dayes which have been as fruitfull of new opinions in matters of Religion as Africa it self of Monsters Some though few in comparison God is pleased to recall who have gone astray in this kind and to bring them to a clear sight of their folly of which number I by Gods Grace towards me am one I desire to acknowledge him in it and to give him the praise of it and think my self bound in conscience as a testimony of my thankfulnesse to God for my deliverance to declare it to the World that so others may hear and fear and take warning by my example They who have been lately in the Northern parts of England cannot be ignorant how prevalent the imposture of Quaking hath been for these nine or ten Moneths last past in which snare I my self among many poor deluded souls was taken in May last 1653 though by Gods goodness tovvards me the snare is broken and I am escaped a true account vvhereof take as follovveth I being desirous to associate my self vvith this Faction at their Meeting and to hear some of them speak to use their ovvn expression acquainted one of their ovvn vvith it viz. George Bayley of Kendale vvho gave me great encouragement herein from his ovvn experience of much advantage received by him in that vvay Whereupon I vvent soon after to their Meeting at Richard Newby's house where I staid about two hours viz. from eight til ten at night where Christopher Atkinson was Speaker whose drift was to deny all Ministeriall teaching and Ordinances together with all notionall knowledge formerly gained by use of such means to become as though we had never learned any thing thereby savingly and to lay a new ground work viz. to be taught of God within our selves by vvaiting upon an invvard light vvhich as they assert lies lovv hidden under the earth viz. the old man vvhich is of the earth earthy Hereupon I resolved to close vvith them after vvhich time I vvas afraid to read any good Books or hear any preaching Minister or call to remembrance any thing vvhich I had formerly learned out of Gods Word concerning God or Christ or mine ovvn estate or any other subject contained in Scripture for I vvas persvvaded by their teaching that vvhatsoever I had learned out of Gods Word by hearing reading catechifing c. vvas but notionall carnall and hanging upon the Tree of Knovvledg in vvhich condition vvhilst I abode they affirmed me to be under the Curse applying this expression though very impertinently Cursed is every one that hangeth on the Tree After this going a second time to one of their Meetings at Edmond Newbyes I had some conference by the vvay vvith some of themselves vvhich vvent vvith me amongst other blasphemies one Robert Collison affirmed that Christ vvas as man had his failings for he distrusted God quoth he upon the cross vvhen he cryed out My God my God why hast thou forsaken me to vvhom I ansvvered that then he suffred as as an evil doer so could not purchase redemption for us after this coming home he who then was Speaker urged us to take up the Grosse daily and to abide under it saying Carry the Crosse all day and it will keep thee at night that this would keep us low and humble and kill and make alive further he endeavoured to perswade his Auditors to hearken to a voice within them teaching that Gods voice was a still voice after which I resolved in my thoughts to wait for the manifestation of these things within my self After a while going a third time to their meeting as I went I was somewhat troubled in my thoughts at the remembrance of that hideous blasphemy uttered by the party before named whereupon I spake publickly to them at their meeting concerning it telling them that I would not any further joyn with them if they were all of that mind to which som of them after much whispering answered negatively wishing me not to let it trouble me for he which spake so to me was not rightly called with which answer I was at present satisfied and did adhere to my former resolution Not long after I went to another Meeting upon a Lords Day at Robert Collisons house in Kendale where the aforesaid Atkinson was Speaker who beginning about nine a clock in the forenoon continued till three in the afternoon in which time he spake much according to his usuall manner of the great experience which he had of God from the light within him which light I not finding to be in my self was very much troubled apprehending my condition to be very bad finding nothing but blindnesse and hardnesse yet I still expected the appearance of that light within me and earnestly desired that I might fall into quaking and trembling apprehending that I should thereby attain to the immediate discoveries of God unto me Upon my departure from thence I perused a Pamphlet set forth by some of the same Faction being in York Castle the main scope of it vvas against the Ministry immediately after vvalking in my Bed-chamber I began as I have formerly desired to tremble and quake so extreamly that I could not stand upon my feet but vvas constrained to fall dovvn upon my bed vvhere I hovvled and cryed as it is usuall vvith them in a terrible and hideous manner to the great astonishment of my Family Neverthelesse I my self vvas not at all affected with fear because it was a satisfaction to my former desires and I looked upon it as the beginning of the pangs of the nevv birth and expected that the issue of it would be good when I had continued about half an hour in that condition I ceased from howling and crying gradually after which I rose up again beginning to rejoyce thinking with my self that now I could bear witnesse against the Ministers of England as false Prophets and Priests of Baal because I never found such affects and operations upon me by so long continuance under their Ministery After this going to bed I was much troubled all that night following in my sleep with dreams concerning my